6. Analyze the author’s use of syntax in this text. Are the sentences long or short? Does the author use punctuation to slow down the pace, or short phrases to quicken it? Explain how the sentence structure contributes to the emotional power of the piece. 7. Select a tone (or multiple tones) from the list of Tone Words. Explain why this tone is the best way to describe this text.

"When I Was Fair and Young"

by Queen Elizabeth I circa 1585

When I was fair and young, then favor graced me.

Of many was I sought their mistriss for to be,

But I did scorn them all and answered them therefore:

Go, go, go, seek some other where, importune me no more.

How many weeping eyes I made to pine in woe,

How many sighing hearts I have not skill to show,

But I the prouder grew and still this spake therefore:

Go, go, go, seek some other where, importune me no more.

Then spake fair Venus' son,

Answer and Explanation:

1. The phrases presented by the poet are long and she uses a punctuation that slows down the pace of the slowest poem, using commas, which make the reader read the verses more slowly, causing reflection and making the poem more emotional, sensitive and folks. The intention of creating reflection shows how the author was expressing his deepest feelings, which are difficult to put out and which need to be thought and analyzed, leaving the poem more emotional and profound.

2. The words that represent the tone of the poem are "reflective" and "sorry". As you may already know, the tone of a poem is the emotion that the poem conveys. The author shows regret for having discarded loves from the past and now being alone and for that reason, reflects on herlife.

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.

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